Atticus Finch- Jem and Scout's father, a lawyer and a widower
Scout- aka Jean Louise Finch, a tomboy who never met her mother; very intelligent
Jem Finch-Scout's brother, teaches her a lot about his perpsective in life, and he loses his innocence thorughout the book
Maycomb- a sleepy southern town in Alabama that has a prejudice against black people
Calpurnia- The Finch's black housekeeper that has helped Atticus raise his kids every since Scout and Jem's mother died
Charles Baker (Dill) Harris- a small kid for his age from meridian who comes to Maycomb every summer. Dill is a daydreamer, his aunt is Miss Rachel, and he was the one who came up with the Boo Radley game. Dill is sickened by people's prejudices
The Radley Place- the prison of Boo Radley, the Radley Plave is very mysterious to Scout, Jem, and Dill
Stephanie Crawford- the town gossip
Arthur (Boo) Radley- compared to a mockingbird bc he has done only good to society, but he is persecuted despite that. Boo Radley has been confined to his home since he was a boy, and is a loner.
Miss Caroline Fisher- Scout's first teacher, who puts Scout in trouble for trying to explain the Cunninghams and the Ewells, and for knowing how to read.
Walter Cunningham- a poor farmer from the Old Sarum Gang, who almost lynches Tom Robinson because of his "blind Spot" Walter Cunningham is then made to change his ways because of Scout, and has great respect for the Finches/
Burris Ewell- a man with nine kids who have no mother, and lives off tof the county welfare check and spends it on alcohol. He beats his children, and tries to kill Scout and Jem because he lost face at the trial that their father was a lawyer at.

Why did Scout rub Walter Cunningham's nose in the dirt?

Scout said, "He ain't company, Cal, he's just a Cunningham." What did she mean by that, and what was Cal's reply?

She said that because the rest of Maycomb considered the Cunninghams trash, so she was being influenced. She didn't consider Walter as real company. Cal's response was to say that anybody who came to Scout's hoseu was company, no matter where they came from. She was also very angry

Explain the two mistakes Miss Caroline makes in the first day of school:

First she tries to give Walter Cunningham money to pay back later, that he couldn't pay back because he was too poor, and then she tried to tell Burris Ewell what to do, not knowing that the Ewells were trash.

What does Miss Maudie think of the Radleys?

Why do Dill and Jem want to give Boo Radley a note? What does Atticus say when he founds out about their plan?

They want to ask him what he does i his house all day, and they want to make him feel better about staying indoors for so many years. Atticus told them to stop tormenting Boo Radley, that what they were doing was infringing on his privacy, and not to get near the Radley house ever again.

How did Jem lose his pants? What did he find when he went back for them?

He got caught under the fence when he ran away from Boo Radley's house, so he had to pull them off in order to get through. He found them nice and stitched up and folded on the fence when he came back for them.

What did Jem do when Mrs. Dubose said Atticus "lawed for ******s"?

What was Jem's punishment?

What did Jem learn from his encounter with Mrs. Dubose and following her death?

He learned taht bravery isn't a man with a gun in his hand, but a person who will see something through no matter what, despite the fact that they know that they have lost the battle even before they have begun.

Tom Robinson- a black gentlman and father who was wrongly accused of raping Mayella Ewell.
Mr. Gilmer- the prosecuting attorney against Tom Robinson who spoke to Tom rudely because he was black
Bob Ewell- a man that didn't have a job but had many children and no wife, who spent his welfare check on alcohol instead of food. He was easily angered and very racist against black people, and framed Tom Robinson
Mayella Ewell- a girl who accused Tom Robinson of raping her, when actually she wanted to get rid of the evidence that she had kissed a black man
Judge Taylor- the Judge that judged Tom Robinson's court case- he was fair to black people and chose Atticus as the defendant because he knew that Atticus would try and be fair

What was Mayella's account of the incident with Tom Robinson?

What was Tom's side of the story?

He said that this didn't even happen recently, that he had chopped up a chiffarobe last year, and that he helped Miss Mayella often. Last year, he had done to chop it up but Mayella came onto him and kissed him, and Bob Ewell caught them so he ran away.

What was Scout's fantasy regarding Arthur (Boo) Radley?

What did Scout hear Miss gates say at the courthouse? In class, Miss Gates said," That's the difference between America and Germany. We are a democracy and Germany is a dictatorship. We don't believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced. Compare and contrast these two statements. What does this tell us about Miss Gates?

Miss Gates said that "it's time to teach the blacks a lesson". This is different from the other quote because in there she is mad at Hitler for being racist but in the courthouse she is racist against black people. This tells me that she is a hypocrite because she did exactly what she was at angry at Hitler for.

Who saved Jem and Scout? Who killed Bob Ewell?

Why did Heck Tate insist that Bob Ewell fell on his own knife?

Scout arranged things so that "if Miss Stephanie Crawford was watching from her upstairs window, she would see Arthur Radley escorting [her] down the sidewalk, as any gentleman would do." Why did she do that?

She didn't want Boo to be embarrassed to be led across the street by an eight-year-old. He wanted him to seem to be in charge.